1Z0-997-25 Question 174
Select 2Your organization is rolling out a governance and cost-optimization initiative for multiple lines of business in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). They need to ensure that every resource is tagged for accurate cost tracking and that each department stays within predefined spending limits. Which two actions should you recommend to meet these objectives?
- A
Create a dedicated compartment for each line of business and configure a budget alert for each compartment.
- B
Use Tag Defaults to automatically apply mandatory tags (e.g., Department) to newly created resources.
- C
Enable Cloud Guard to automatically terminate any untagged resource across all compartments.
- D
Deploy an OCI Data Flow application to monitor spending in real time and automatically add missing tags to resources.
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Correct answers: A, B
Explanation
To enforce governance and optimize costs, you should use OCI compartments for logical resource grouping and create budgets to track and control costs. Leveraging Tag Defaults enforces mandatory tagging at resource creation, ensuring consistent and accurate cost attribution. For further details, consult the official OCI documentation on Tagging (https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Tagging/Concepts/taggingoverview.htm) and Budgets (https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Billing/Concepts/budgetsoverview.htm).
- A. Correct.
Option 1: Correct. Creating separate compartments for each line of business allows you to isolate resources logically. Configuring budgets for each compartment will enable you to set cost thresholds and receive alerts when the spending approaches or exceeds the defined limits. This helps maintain cost controls for each department individually.
- B. Correct.
Option 2: Correct. Tag Defaults ensure that when a new resource is created, the required tags (e.g., Department or CostCenter) are automatically assigned. This prevents untagged resources from slipping through and ensures consistent tagging for cost tracking and governance.
- C. Incorrect.
Option 3: Incorrect. Although Cloud Guard can identify certain security-related and configuration risks, it does not provide an automated mechanism to terminate untagged resources based solely on tagging compliance. It is designed primarily for security posture management, not direct cost governance enforcement by resource deletion.
- D. Incorrect.
Option 4: Incorrect. OCI Data Flow is a serverless Apache Spark service primarily used for big data processing and analytics. It is not designed to automatically track spending and apply missing tags. While you can create custom data pipelines to analyze billing data, this does not inherently enforce tagging policies or create budget alerts.